文档介绍：Audit of the Sales and Collection Cycle:Tests of Controls and Substantive Tests of Transactions
Chapter 14
Audit of the Sales and Collection Cycle:
Tests of Controls and Substantive
Tests of Transactions
This is an essential chapter because it is the first chapter to deal with specific evidence in an audit area1>. It is essential that the concepts of previous chapters be applied to the sales and collection cycle. The following are the primary areas covered:
?? Chapter opening te
?? Accounts and classes of transactions in the sales and collection cycle
?? Accounting rules for the timing of recording transactions
?? Factors affecting evidence accumulation
?? Overview of the audit for the sales and collection cycle
?? Types of audit tests applied to sales and cash receipts
?? Methodology for designing tests of controls and substantive tests of transactions for sales
?? Design and performance format audit procedures
?? Methodology for designing tests of controls and substantive tests of transactions for cash receipts
?? Effect of the results of tests of controls and substantive tests of transactions
?? Suggested homework problems and cases
Chapter Opening te –“The Choice Is Simple - Rely on Internal Control or Resign”
This te makes the point that panies are so large and plex that the only way they could possibly be audited is through reliance on internal controls. This presents a dilemma: what does an auditor do if he or she finds that a large client has poor controls? The problem is exacerbated by the demands for panies to issue annual reports at an early date, and to file their Form 10-K with the SEC. We remind students that the Sarbanes–Oxley Act requires auditors to also report on internal control for panies
This case offers an opportunity to discuss the differences between auditing large and panies, and auditing public and non-panies. Students may be interested in the fact that even the largest firms have more small clients than large ones i